The Healy Picture Completion test is easier than the Terman Binet: a child ranking at age level on the Healy will in all likelihood test below age on the Binet, especially children of lower mentality¶

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q2 i? A child who ranks at a given age by the Healy Picture Completion test will, in all likelihood, test below age on the Binet, especially among children of lower mentality; the article's summary states the Picture Completion test is easier. → E. B. Skaggs 1920

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E. B. Skaggs 1920¶

E. B. Skaggs. (1920). A Comparison of Results Obtained by the Terman Binet Tests and the Healy Picture Completion Test. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0076088

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A descriptive comparison from the same 65-case dataset: children classified by age level on the Healy and by mental age on the Binet. The article states a child at age level on the Healy "will test below age by the Binet"; no statistical test of the difference is reported.

"If a child ranks at a given age by the Healy Picture Completion test, then he, in all likelihood, will test below age by the Binet (especially for children of lower mentality)."

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Related Claims¶

• The Terman Binet and Healy Picture Completion tests give extremely different classifications of the same children, with only 44.44 per cent of 65 cases receiving the same rough classification — related
• Binet IQ correlates insignificantly with Healy Picture Completion score (r = +.15 ± .082) among 65 children — related
• Children who did well on the Binet did well in school work demanding abstract thinking such as arithmetic and language, whereas advanced standing on performance tests did not predict this — related